Question

A spider ate 25\%25%25, percent more bugs this month than last month. The spider ate 888 bugs last month. How many bugs did the spider eat this month?

Answer 1

No it is actually 10 because 1.25 x 8=10

Answer 2

`10\ bugs`

Explanation:

Let

x----> the number of bugs that the spider ate this month

y----> the number of bugs that the spider ate last month

we know that

`100\%+25\%=125\%=125/100=1.25`

so

we have

`y=8\ bugs`

The linear equation that represent this situation is

`x=1.25(y)`

substitute the value of y

`x=1.25(8)=10\ bugs`